Clare Moriarty has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary for Defra. The current Director General at the Rail Executive in the Department for Transport was chosen following a civil service-wide competition.Clare will take up post over the summer and will replace Defra's current Permanent Secretary Bronwyn Hill. Her appointment has been made by the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service and approved by the Prime Minister and by Sir David Normington, the First Civil Service Commissioner.
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